Patents by Inventor Akihiro Nakao

Akihiro Nakao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240107678
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bonded substrate includes: preparing one or plurality of products to be bonded, each including a brazing material layer and a copper plate laminated on both main surfaces of a ceramic substrate, laminating, one or a plurality of products bonded and a pair of clamping members that clamp them while providing a mold releasing layer between each thereof, heating the one or the plurality of products while pressing the one or the plurality of products in the pair of clamping members to obtain the one or the plurality of bonded substrates in which the ceramic substrate and the copper plate are bonded with a bonding layer, and removing the mold releasing layer from the bonded substrate by dissolving a portion in contact with the mold releasing layer of the copper plate included in the bonded substrate by wet etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kota KITAJIMA, Takahiko HONDA, Kazutaka NAKAO, Masayuki UETANI, Izumi MASUDA, Akihiro URANO
  • Patent number: 11365767
    Abstract: A clutch includes a drive disc, a driven disc, and a friction plate unit capable of engaging or disengaging the drive disc with or from the driven disc, the friction plate unit including a first friction plate assembly and a second friction plate assembly, the clutch further including a pressing unit configured to engage or disengage the drive disc with or from the driven disc selectively by the first friction plate assembly alone or by a combination of the first friction plate assembly and the second friction plate assembly. Such an arrangement enables the clutch to select an appropriate number of friction plates as required for engagement, solving the problem that in existing multi-plate clutches, it is impossible to select an appropriate number of friction plates to participate in work to make the clutches obtain optimal performance according to different working conditions of the automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SIEKON TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wenyong Yu, Akihiro Nakao, Jianhua Jin
  • Patent number: 11313459
    Abstract: A gear shifting assembly of a transmission, a transmission, and an automobile. The present disclosure aims to address the problem of complicated structure existing in a gear shifting assembly or the like. To this end, the gear shifting assembly of a transmission according to the present disclosure includes a P-gear mechanism and a forward-gear mechanism, wherein the gear shifting assembly further includes a drive mechanism and a shifting mechanism, and the shifting mechanism is configured to be capable of switching the drive mechanism so that the P-gear mechanism or the forward-gear mechanism is in an operational state. By employing the common drive mechanism, the gear-shifting function of forward gears and the function of parking at the P-gear can be realized without interference, and on the basis of function integration, elements are saved so that the gear shifting assembly is made more compact in structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SIEKON TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakao, Wenyong Yu, Jianhua Jin
  • Publication number: 20210332860
    Abstract: A clutch includes a drive disc, a driven disc, and a friction plate unit capable of engaging or disengaging the drive disc with or from the driven disc, the friction plate unit including a first friction plate assembly and a second friction plate assembly, the clutch further including a pressing unit configured to engage or disengage the drive disc with or from the driven disc selectively by the first friction plate assembly alone or by a combination of the first friction plate assembly and the second friction plate assembly. Such an arrangement enables the clutch to select an appropriate number of friction plates as required for engagement, solving the problem that in existing multi-plate clutches, it is impossible to select an appropriate number of friction plates to participate in work to make the clutches obtain optimal performance according to different working conditions of the automobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG SIEKON TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wenyong YU, Akihiro NAKAO, Jianhua JIN
  • Publication number: 20210332881
    Abstract: A gear shifting assembly of a transmission, a transmission, and an automobile. The present disclosure aims to address the problem of complicated structure existing in a gear shifting assembly or the like. To this end, the gear shifting assembly of a transmission according to the present disclosure includes a P-gear mechanism and a forward-gear mechanism, wherein the gear shifting assembly further includes a drive mechanism and a shifting mechanism, and the shifting mechanism is configured to be capable of switching the drive mechanism so that the P-gear mechanism or the forward-gear mechanism is in an operational state. By employing the common drive mechanism, the gear-shifting function of forward gears and the function of parking at the P-gear can be realized without interference, and on the basis of function integration, elements are saved so that the gear shifting assembly is made more compact in structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG SIEKON TRAMSMISSION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKAO, Wenyong YU, Jianhua JIN
  • Patent number: 10859152
    Abstract: A pure electric vehicle transmission includes a transmission box, a top side of the transmission box is provided with a temporary oil storage case, a bottom side thereof is stored with lubricating oil, the temporary oil storage case is provided with a plurality of lubricating oil holes, a gear-connected transmission input shaft and an intermediate coupling are located at a lower side of the oil storage case and arranged above a lubricating oil surface, an intermediate coupling gear is connected with a differential gear, a lower side of the differential gear is immersed in the lubricating oil, the lubricating oil at the bottom side of the transmission box is splashed in the temporary oil storage case via the rotation of the differential gear, the lubricating oil lubricates various parts of the transmission through the lubricating oil holes, and then returns to the bottom side of the transmission box to form circulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG XIN PRECISION MACH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenyong Yu, Akihiro Nakao, Jianhua Jin
  • Publication number: 20190145509
    Abstract: A pure electric vehicle transmission includes a transmission box, a top side of the transmission box is provided with a temporary oil storage case, a bottom side thereof is stored with lubricating oil, the temporary oil storage case is provided with a plurality of lubricating oil holes, a gear-connected transmission input shaft and an intermediate coupling are located at a lower side of the oil storage case and arranged above a lubricating oil surface, an intermediate coupling gear is connected with a differential gear, a lower side of the differential gear is immersed in the lubricating oil, the lubricating oil at the bottom side of the transmission box is splashed in the temporary oil storage case via the rotation of the differential gear, the lubricating oil lubricates various parts of the transmission through the lubricating oil holes, and then returns to the bottom side of the transmission box to form circulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Wenyong YU, Akihiro NAKAO, Jianhua JIN
  • Patent number: 10285193
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication system, a wireless apparatus, and a program capable of effectively using an access point. wireless apparatus 10 receives content information to be transmitted, generates transmission object information including at least apart of the content information and a predetermined data pattern, and transmits a beacon signal including the generated transmission object information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakao
  • Patent number: 10104155
    Abstract: Provided is a document providing system, a providing-side apparatus, and a display-side apparatus, capable of increasing the usability. The providing-side apparatus 1 broadcasts the designated information for specifying the designated document. The display-side apparatus 2 holds the documents to be provided, and upon receiving the broadcasted document specifying information, the display-side apparatus 2 searches the held documents to retrieve a document specified by the received information, and displays the retrieved document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakao
  • Patent number: 9942694
    Abstract: An information transmission apparatus 2 makes transmission objective data redundant using a predetermined method, divides the redundant data into N (N?2) data elements, the transmission objective data being reproducible on the basis of any arbitrary combination of m (m<N) or more data elements, and sequentially transmits short-range communication signals respectively including the N data elements obtained by the division. A terminal apparatus 3 which receives the data elements tries to reproduce the data using the received data elements, and transmits short-range communication signals including the received data elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakao, Masayuki Umeda, Eiji Miyagaki
  • Patent number: 9680739
    Abstract: The information which can be acquired at the information communication apparatus side is treated as additional information. The information communication apparatus transmits the additional information and packet data, and the information transmission apparatus communicably connected to the information communication apparatus receives the packet data from the information communication apparatus. Conditions on the basis of the additional information to be received are stored in association with process instruction information. A condition which can be satisfied by the additional information received from the information communication apparatus is searched from among the stored conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakao
  • Patent number: 9413693
    Abstract: Provided is a network relay apparatus allowing flexible operations. Data including information for selecting any of the switch portions is received through any of the communication ports, and on the basis of the switch portion selection information, a switch portion is selected as an output destination, and data is transferred to the selected switch portion. In the switch portion, the process is executed on the basis of instruction information which represents the content of the process to be executed designated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakao
  • Publication number: 20150382377
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication system, a wireless apparatus, and a program capable of effectively using an access point. wireless apparatus 10 receives content information to be transmitted, generates transmission object information including at least apart of the content information and a predetermined data pattern, and transmits a beacon signal including the generated transmission object information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiro NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20150264110
    Abstract: Provided is a document providing system, a providing-side apparatus, and a display-side apparatus, capable of increasing the usability. The providing-side apparatus 1 broadcasts the designated information for specifying the designated document. The display-side apparatus 2 holds the documents to be provided, and upon receiving the broadcasted document specifying information, the display-side apparatus 2 searches the held documents to retrieve a document specified by the received information, and displays the retrieved document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiro NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20150222529
    Abstract: The information which can be acquired at the information communication apparatus side is treated as additional information. The information communication apparatus transmits the additional information and packet data, and the information transmission apparatus communicably connected to the information communication apparatus receives the packet data from the information communication apparatus. Conditions on the basis of the additional information to be received are stored in association with process instruction information. A condition which can be satisfied by the additional information received from the information communication apparatus is searched from among the stored conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventor: Akihiro NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20150172889
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless network apparatus capable of increasing the communication efficiency even when character string data, etc., is transmitted by including the data in a beacon frame. The transmission objective data is made redundant by a predetermined and divided into N data elements, the transmission objective data being reproducible on the basis of any arbitrary combination of m or more (m<N) data elements. The divided data elements are delivered as beacon signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakao
  • Publication number: 20150156602
    Abstract: An information transmission apparatus 2 makes transmission objective data redundant using a predetermined method, divides the redundant data into N (N?2) data elements, the transmission objective data being reproducible on the basis of any arbitrary combination of m (m<N) or more data elements, and sequentially transmits short-range communication signals respectively including the N data elements obtained by the division. A terminal apparatus 3 which receives the data elements tries to reproduce the data using the received data elements, and transmits short-range communication signals including the received data elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKAO, Masayuki UMEDA, Eiji MIYAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20150131671
    Abstract: Provided is a network relay apparatus allowing flexible operations. Data including information for selecting any of the switch portions is received through any of the communication ports, and on the basis of the switch portion selection information, a switch portion is selected as an output destination, and data is transferred to the selected switch portion. In the switch portion, the process is executed on the basis of instruction information which represents the content of the process to be executed designated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakao
  • Patent number: 8767597
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless communication device for multiplexing communication channels according to a predetermined method for carrying out wireless communication with a terminal, and carrying out communication with the terminal; and a control device for providing a plurality of program executing environments corresponding to the respective communication channels to operate in parallel or a in multitask manner, wherein, in each of the program executing environment, a process for providing a virtual wireless communication device interface corresponding to a corresponding communication channel and for carrying out Media Access control for communication via the virtual wireless communication device interface is executed, and the control device causes only the program being executed in the program executing environment to carry out communication via a virtual wireless communication device interface provided by the program being executing in the program executing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakao, Eiji Miyagaki, Ping Du
  • Publication number: 20130128784
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless communication device for multiplexing communication channels according to a predetermined method for carrying out wireless communication with a terminal, and carrying out communication with the terminal; and a control device for providing a plurality of program executing environments corresponding to the respective communication channels to operate in parallel or a in multitask manner, wherein, in each of the program executing environment, a process for providing a virtual wireless communication device interface corresponding to a corresponding communication channel and for carrying out Media Access control for communication via the virtual wireless communication device interface is executed, and the control device causes only the program being executed in the program executing environment to carry out communication via a virtual wireless communication device interface provided by the program being executing in the program executing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKAO, Eiji MIYAGAKI, Ping DU